Statistics Reported by Banks and Other Financial Firms in the United States

Release Date: July 2021
Liabilities to Foreigners Reported by Financial Firms in the United States (Table 3.17) 1
Payable in U.S. Dollars
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2017 2018 2019 Nov 2020 Dec 2020 Jan 2021 Feb 2021 Mar 2021 Apr 2021/r May 2021/p
 
  BY HOLDER AND TYPE OF LIABILITY  
1 Total, all foreigners 4,977,402 5,309,102 5,473,048 6,183,532 6,118,160 6,181,078 6,283,624 6,217,613 6,274,288 6,467,171
 
2 Financial Firms` own liabilities 3,646,315 3,553,534 3,649,957 4,060,296 3,991,532 4,052,977 4,142,242 4,129,911 4,230,792 4,413,947
  By type of liability  
3 Deposits2 1,979,858 1,907,031 2,006,917 2,258,601 2,240,933 2,253,857 2,294,150 2,314,493 2,356,182 2,395,941
4 Other 1,666,457 1,646,503 1,643,040 1,801,695 1,750,599 1,799,120 1,848,092 1,815,418 1,874,610 2,018,006
5 Of which: repurchase agreements 980,637 970,960 1,007,414 1,045,745 1,033,616 1,091,498 1,128,724 1,109,711 1,151,566 1,281,190
6 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 1,331,087 1,755,568 1,823,091 2,123,236 2,126,628 2,128,101 2,141,382 2,087,702 2,043,496 2,053,224
  By type of liability  
7 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 703,141 746,676 716,057 1,024,089 1,027,314 1,015,077 1,035,572 966,499 906,384 887,846
8 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 244,511 237,009 239,384 189,620 191,761 203,187 204,947 210,475 223,490 243,689
9 Of which: negotiable time certificates of deposit held in custody for foreigners 111,089 115,936 120,921 102,219 104,712 105,162 107,608 109,529 120,144 125,161
10 Of which: short-term agency securities 17,086 10,401 19,210 11,436 11,805 14,008 14,094 8,386 8,203 7,649
11 Other 383,435 771,883 867,650 909,527 907,553 909,837 900,863 910,728 913,622 921,689
 
  By holder  
12 International and regional organizations6 52,787 63,044 50,815 69,702 62,970 59,567 57,389 54,058 54,213 58,654
13 Financial Firms` own liabilities 34,088 44,001 35,781 35,282 36,863 32,830 33,295 32,701 33,303 36,300
14 Deposits2 26,065 30,709 26,306 27,399 27,104 26,169 26,494 25,328 25,096 27,425
15 Other 8,023 13,292 9,475 7,883 9,759 6,661 6,801 7,373 8,207 8,875
16 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 18,699 19,043 15,034 34,420 26,107 26,737 24,094 21,357 20,910 22,354
17 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 8,306 8,385 8,340 29,283 21,654 21,093 18,972 15,999 15,087 15,703
18 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 10,393 10,658 6,694 5,137 4,453 5,644 5,122 5,358 5,823 6,651
 
19 Official institutions7 719,454 748,422 719,329 775,351 762,777 815,564 841,903 806,285 777,392 772,762
20 Financial Firms` own liabilities 363,401 398,389 417,187 366,330 363,299 401,302 395,818 403,343 411,333 428,917
21 Deposits2 91,552 111,638 112,653 126,730 122,624 125,379 125,888 136,039 135,184 137,060
22 Other 271,849 286,751 304,534 239,600 240,675 275,923 269,930 267,304 276,149 291,857
23 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 356,053 350,033 302,142 409,021 399,478 414,262 446,085 402,942 366,059 343,845
24 U.S Treasury bills and certificates4 317,227 315,141 268,567 370,816 360,969 378,069 406,234 360,598 320,212 296,117
25 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 38,826 34,892 33,575 38,205 38,509 36,193 39,851 42,344 45,847 47,728
 
26 Banks8 2,222,598 2,011,419 2,043,624 2,238,684 2,217,001 2,188,830 2,213,737 2,200,696 2,261,706 2,329,477
27 Financial Firms` own liabilities 1,983,134 1,764,152 1,776,223 1,962,913 1,950,176 1,929,666 1,950,123 1,939,353 2,011,151 2,065,195
28 Deposits2 1,098,106 989,428 1,046,027 1,123,765 1,134,786 1,110,979 1,105,196 1,144,678 1,146,114 1,157,095
29 Other 885,028 774,724 730,196 839,148 815,390 818,687 844,927 794,675 865,037 908,100
30 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 239,464 247,267 267,401 275,771 266,825 259,164 263,614 261,343 250,555 264,282
31 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 109,052 100,077 119,430 136,818 131,485 129,691 131,641 131,685 125,205 132,316
32 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 19,570 16,147 10,340 12,166 11,642 12,869 15,203 15,523 15,528 24,531
33 Other 110,842 131,043 137,631 126,787 123,698 116,604 116,770 114,135 109,822 107,435
 
34 Other foreigners9 1,982,563 2,486,217 2,659,280 3,099,795 3,075,412 3,117,117 3,170,595 3,156,574 3,180,977 3,306,278
35 Financial Firms` own liabilities 1,265,692 1,346,992 1,420,766 1,695,771 1,641,194 1,689,179 1,763,006 1,754,514 1,775,005 1,883,535
36 Deposits2 764,135 775,256 821,931 980,707 956,419 991,330 1,036,572 1,008,448 1,049,788 1,074,361
37 Other 501,557 571,736 598,835 715,064 684,775 697,849 726,434 746,066 725,217 809,174
38 Financial Firms` custodial liabilities 716,871 1,139,225 1,238,514 1,404,024 1,434,218 1,427,938 1,407,589 1,402,060 1,405,972 1,422,743
39 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 268,556 323,073 319,720 487,172 513,206 486,224 478,725 458,217 445,880 443,710
40 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 176,543 175,903 189,314 135,342 138,233 149,578 145,846 148,486 157,133 165,578
41 Other 271,772 640,249 729,480 781,510 782,779 792,136 783,018 795,357 802,959 813,455
 
 
  Memo  
42 Own foreign offices10 1,687,661 1,560,984 1,563,313 1,712,528 1,702,697 1,675,397 1,693,779 1,685,749 1,704,816 1,755,529
 
  BY AREA OR COUNTRY  
43 Total, all foreigners 4,977,402 5,309,102 5,473,048 6,183,532 6,118,160 6,181,078 6,283,624 6,217,613 6,274,288 6,467,171
 
44 Foreign countries 4,924,615 5,246,058 5,422,233 6,113,830 6,055,190 6,121,511 6,226,235 6,163,555 6,220,075 6,408,517
 
45 Europe 1,996,884 1,991,810 1,971,410 2,288,339 2,282,246 2,277,672 2,318,611 2,281,485 2,329,122 2,451,756
46 Austria 3,444 3,627 3,652 5,956 5,743 4,531 3,587 3,701 3,510 4,280
47 Belgium 37,175 41,003 52,590 67,445 76,664 66,169 57,296 56,513 55,439 56,838
48 Denmark 5,808 7,009 6,350 9,649 8,276 7,941 8,423 9,241 9,322 8,398
49 Finland 5,631 9,220 5,886 13,251 2,389 8,886 11,184 7,389 4,654 9,519
50 France 142,017 162,139 177,811 189,543 177,379 179,226 179,051 187,848 177,156 214,644
51 Germany 122,622 163,925 153,518 143,544 140,568 142,972 143,705 153,776 161,146 159,484
52 Greece 1,909 2,466 2,989 2,956 3,591 3,434 3,325 3,173 3,310 3,179
53 Ireland 205,149 204,830 230,625 299,553 295,551 312,100 319,194 303,376 298,513 313,478
54 Italy 19,990 28,110 25,913 21,176 22,898 20,919 19,604 21,127 22,633 20,534
55 Luxembourg 169,382 208,375 212,090 277,888 269,516 284,442 279,680 275,771 288,334 294,156
56 Netherlands 74,273 55,432 58,821 76,454 66,287 66,564 67,563 65,503 65,970 72,009
57 Norway 4,403 5,770 5,264 4,724 5,379 7,306 8,997 10,223 10,466 10,644
58 Portugal 1,990 1,410 1,344 2,140 1,915 2,169 2,298 1,920 2,521 2,170
59 Russia 12,206 21,338 17,651 23,349 20,500 22,841 29,718 23,924 23,375 24,466
60 Spain 18,435 20,005 22,621 27,849 26,017 28,813 25,496 28,064 26,235 24,071
61 Sweden 12,420 20,683 12,635 15,193 13,601 9,808 9,696 14,212 11,675 7,719
62 Switzerland 80,524 80,217 89,118 97,766 96,820 96,963 90,002 86,210 89,660 92,642
63 Turkey 31,896 9,705 17,297 9,832 11,702 17,188 15,674 17,580 16,477 14,567
64 United Kingdom 977,122 879,015 786,279 889,070 920,288 881,946 927,546 893,763 938,900 996,326
65 Channel Islands and the Isle of Man 34,398 22,906 33,769 33,475 40,338 39,290 39,398 41,835 42,854 45,188
66 Serbia 454 209 582 362 819 756 735 709 699 772
67 Other Europe 35,635 44,414 54,604 77,166 76,004 73,407 76,440 75,627 76,273 76,670
 
  Memo  
68 European Union11 1,806,585 1,819,639 1,772,885 1,159,605 1,111,953 1,135,345 1,129,854 1,129,583 1,126,556 1,184,276
 
69 Canada 181,614 213,922 223,081 258,574 270,279 285,365 288,713 285,839 277,262 272,521
 
70 Latin America 254,713 231,251 230,428 268,733 260,542 268,563 268,510 259,557 274,979 284,951
71 Argentina 13,890 19,315 21,433 16,966 16,770 16,542 17,776 17,231 17,629 19,118
72 Brazil 53,496 30,120 28,089 32,284 30,837 27,431 28,672 28,802 27,794 30,917
73 Chile 22,901 23,465 24,889 26,916 30,793 28,906 26,864 27,082 30,444 32,036
74 Colombia 9,407 13,939 10,555 12,390 12,263 13,658 13,989 9,762 12,836 13,048
75 Ecuador 3,114 2,678 3,234 3,282 3,226 3,555 3,536 3,621 3,583 3,393
76 Guatemala 2,079 2,651 2,668 3,069 2,741 3,962 3,530 3,400 3,048 3,472
77 Mexico 74,120 72,530 71,785 93,644 81,888 88,810 91,279 91,101 97,099 102,148
78 Panama 15,882 15,027 17,452 23,907 23,768 25,845 25,726 24,592 24,306 24,443
79 Peru 17,089 13,356 12,300 9,035 8,667 11,230 10,233 9,059 11,854 11,078
80 Uruguay 13,000 11,571 13,866 20,261 22,380 21,451 20,199 19,415 19,457 20,281
81 Venezuela 14,651 10,798 9,683 9,210 9,444 8,920 9,296 8,830 9,290 8,505
82 Other Latin America 15,084 15,801 14,474 17,769 17,765 18,253 17,410 16,662 17,639 16,512
 
83 Caribbean 1,348,931 1,576,360 1,748,966 1,923,513 1,871,401 1,929,909 1,936,381 1,946,527 1,950,617 1,991,132
84 Bahamas 52,332 37,787 45,949 41,928 42,261 45,349 44,317 43,980 44,702 52,317
85 Bermuda 55,284 58,989 58,394 73,990 73,893 70,513 70,516 70,997 73,221 73,120
86 British Virgin Islands 37,917 41,951 38,998 41,416 43,759 43,580 45,677 44,565 46,739 46,305
87 Cayman Islands 1,158,566 1,400,333 1,569,187 1,721,116 1,669,898 1,722,829 1,731,392 1,737,051 1,735,850 1,773,090
88 Cuba 25 19 14 14 13 13 13 14 14 14
89 Jamaica 1,463 885 1,004 1,706 1,738 1,760 1,827 1,766 1,554 1,609
90 Netherlands Antilles16 9,711 8,326 6,563 12,027 7,936 13,561 11,351 15,364 15,367 12,859
91 Trinidad and Tobago 3,645 4,147 4,771 5,184 4,901 4,778 4,774 4,525 5,178 5,169
92 Other Caribbean 29,988 23,923 24,086 26,132 27,002 27,526 26,514 28,265 27,992 26,649
 
93 Asia 1,002,403 1,092,753 1,104,063 1,223,686 1,223,039 1,203,065 1,263,905 1,237,757 1,236,271 1,254,269
94 China - Mainland 102,652 131,837 125,103 156,536 177,264 178,577 208,776 189,264 173,338 160,109
95 China - Hong Kong 124,389 107,681 95,542 111,577 117,850 122,390 119,747 124,172 116,537 122,382
96 India 26,415 17,404 34,525 76,805 71,778 78,735 77,782 71,377 72,927 74,276
97 Indonesia 12,160 17,397 11,474 12,339 12,460 13,442 15,003 15,399 14,560 16,514
98 Israel 18,464 15,923 21,878 32,096 27,929 36,192 38,881 29,841 35,742 34,538
99 Japan 356,631 363,289 353,248 361,054 343,464 325,047 339,420 334,524 337,615 345,800
100 Korea (South) 34,172 45,927 48,643 57,099 61,353 53,732 57,798 63,927 63,714 67,092
101 Philippines 7,440 13,553 20,342 20,407 19,563 22,621 14,439 12,414 11,858 13,419
102 Taiwan 35,654 37,268 43,267 52,806 52,996 47,945 51,813 46,002 55,471 57,202
103 Thailand 19,590 29,777 21,243 13,655 10,167 11,265 10,961 16,811 10,650 9,483
104 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries12 151,512 197,174 190,485 176,201 174,156 163,440 179,904 183,721 184,213 190,714
105 Other Asia 113,324 115,523 138,313 153,111 154,059 149,679 149,381 150,305 159,646 162,740
 
106 Africa 83,040 76,223 85,457 81,689 79,883 83,847 79,786 85,302 84,738 86,836
107 Egypt 35,698 36,092 43,360 29,404 27,900 29,435 29,105 29,322 30,174 30,262
108 Morocco 1,147 942 1,207 2,276 2,247 1,941 2,059 1,576 1,939 1,590
109 South Africa 13,673 5,641 5,966 13,079 15,349 16,575 15,594 17,021 15,728 16,042
110 Oil-exporting countries13 15,331 14,618 11,113 10,754 10,628 10,641 9,902 10,482 10,570 11,548
111 Other Africa 17,191 18,930 23,811 26,176 23,759 25,255 23,126 26,901 26,327 27,394
 
112 Other countries 57,030 63,739 58,828 69,296 67,800 73,090 70,329 67,088 67,086 67,052
113 Australia 50,466 56,383 52,033 60,650 58,897 63,298 60,080 56,769 56,066 57,991
114 New Zealand 4,088 4,858 4,091 4,955 4,936 6,140 6,294 6,352 7,175 5,431
115 All Other 2,476 2,498 2,704 3,691 3,967 3,652 3,955 3,967 3,845 3,630
 
116 International and regional organizations 52,787 63,044 50,815 69,702 62,970 59,567 57,389 54,058 54,213 58,654
117 International14 37,725 46,361 36,517 50,569 45,656 40,256 38,756 37,005 36,947 37,343
118 Regional15 15,062 16,683 14,298 19,133 17,314 19,311 18,633 17,053 17,266 21,311
  1. Prior to December 2013, reporting firms include all types of depository institutions as well as some bank holding companies and brokers and dealers. Effective December 2013, data include, in addition, all other nonbank financial firms. Excludes bonds and notes of maturities longer than one year.   Return to table
  2. Non-negotiable deposits and brokerage balances.   Return to table
  3. Financial claims on residents of the United States, other than long-term securities, held by or through reporting firms for foreign customers. Also includes loans to U.S. residents in managed foreign offices of U.S. reporting institutions.   Return to table
  4. Includes nonmarketable certificates of indebtedness and Treasury bills issued to official institutions of foreign countries.   Return to table
  5. Principally bankers acceptances, commercial paper, negotiable time certificates of deposit, and short-term agency securities.   Return to table
  6. Principally the Bank for International Settlements, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank), the Inter-American Development Bank, and the Asian Development Bank. Also includes African, Asian, Caribbean, European, Latin American, and Middle Eastern regional organizations. Excludes "holdings of dollars" of the International Monetary Fund.   Return to table
  7. Foreign central banks and foreign central governments.   Return to table
  8. Excludes central banks, which are included in `Official institutions.` Includes positions with affiliated banking offices also included in memo line (44) above.   Return to table
  9. Includes positions with affiliated non-banking offices also included in memo line (44) above.   Return to table
  10. For U.S. banks, includes amounts owed to own foreign branches and foreign subsidiaries consolidated in the quarterly Consolidated Reports of Condition filed with regulatory agencies. For all other U.S. financial firms, includes amounts owed to affiliated foreign offices. For agencies, branches, and majority-owned subsidiaries of foreign financial firms, consists principally of amounts owed to the head office or parent foreign office, and to foreign branches, agencies, or wholly owned subsidiaries of the head office or parent foreign financial firm.   Return to table
  11. The European Union includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and includes the United Kingdom through January 2020. As of July 2013, includes Croatia.   Return to table
  12. Comprises Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (Trucial States).   Return to table
  13. Comprises Algeria, Gabon, Libya, and Nigeria.   Return to table
  14. Principally the Bank for International Settlements, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank), the Inter-American Development Bank, and the Asian Development Bank. Excludes "holdings of dollars" of the International Monetary Fund.   Return to table
  15. African, Asian, Caribbean, European, Latin American, and Middle Eastern regional organizations.   Return to table
  16. As of December 2013, Netherlands Antilles are reported separately as Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Curacao, St. Martin and St. Barthelemy, and Sint Maarten but are summed here for continuity.   Return to table
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